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Red Metal Mine

Past Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Lead
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071689
MRDS ID W015211
Record type Site
Current site name Red Metal Mine
Related records 10218039

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.42096, 45.04238 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 3 MI SE PROFILE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Profile Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Warren(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 008E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MI S OF PROFILE GAP ON W. SLOPE OF PROFILE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) 2 Inches Gouge; Epidote; Silicification

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS 89-110 OZ AG/TON, 1.25 - 3.0 OZ AU/TON
Result 1 SAMPLE GAVE SMELTER RETURN 400 OZ AG, 1 OZ AU/TON, 3% PB, 12% ZN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dike-Quartz Latite Porphyry;Dike-Lamprophyre
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite;Dike-Quartz Latite Porphyry;Dike-Lamprophyre
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Quartz Latite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Argillite, White Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.42096, 45.04238
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Strikes N 40 Deg E, Is Vertical

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike NNE
    Dip 40 DEG E
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone; Granodiorite - Porphyry Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer A. C. Ellison

Mining district

District name Edwardsburg District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Amalgamated Red Metal Mines Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ellison, A. C.

Production statistics

  • Year 1905
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^1 Oz. Au/Ton, Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Trace Ore Gold Gold 28g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 1 VALUE $200

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 133.81M
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Comments on development

  • 11 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 5 FRACTIONAL CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHENON, P. J., AND ROSS, C. P., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS NEAR EDWARDSBURG AND THUNDER MOUNTAIN, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44, 45 P.

  • Deposit

    SPENCE, R. L., 1936, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE RED METALS MINE, YELLOW PINE DISTRICT, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1912, THIRTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911.

  • Deposit

    MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, 1914, BIG CREEK MINING DISTRICT: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111.

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S ANNUAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    1936 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 44

  • Production

    ITEM 1, MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 109, P. 110 - 111; ITEM 8, SPENCE, R. L., 1936, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit JUMBO VEIN STRIKES N 30 DEG E, IS NEARLY VERTICAL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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